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Tropical Storm Julia expected to become a hurricane

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Julia is expected to become a hurricane later Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane Julia forms off the coast of Nicaragua

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Julia formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Saturday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Orlando Sentinel

Tropical Storm Julia strengthens as it heads for Nicaragua

Tropical Storm Julia has gained more strength moving westward in the southern Caribbean, and authorities are preparing for a possible hurricane on Colombian islands and in Nicaragua

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Julia becomes hurricane, advances toward eastern coast of Central America

Tropical storm Julia turned into a hurricane on Saturday evening as it passed the Colombian island San Andres and headed toward the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/hr), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Reuters

Tropical Storm Julia set to become a hurricane, make landfall in Nicaragua Sunday

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia early Friday and is forecast to become a hurricane this weekend, while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua where it’s expected to make landfall.

Miami Herald

Tropical Storm Julia, near Colombia, forecast to become a hurricane Saturday

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia on Friday and is forecast to turn into a hurricane this weekend, while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua.

Miami Herald

Tropical Storm Julia forms near Colombia, forecast to be a hurricane soon

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia Friday morning and is forecast to turn into a hurricane this weekend while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua.

Miami Herald

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Argentine judge launches probe into Nicaragua abuse claims

A judge in Argentina has launched a criminal investigation into Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario María Murillo to determine whether they are responsible for crimes against humanity

The Independent UK

Hurricane Julia could form in the Caribbean Sea. What the forecast shows

MIAMI — A disturbance over the southern Caribbean Sea is expected to turn into a tropical depression soon, with the forecast calling for it to strengthen into a hurricane by the time it nears Nicaragua this weekend.

Miami Herald

Nicaragua charging exiled opponents' relatives

Exiled Nicaraguan economist Javier Álvarez received terrible news this week: his wife, daughter and son-in-law, jailed three weeks ago by the government of President Daniel Ortega, had been formally charged with serious crimes back in Nicaragua

The Independent UK

Putin ally compares Nord Stream sabotage to CIA-backed attacks of 1980s

One of President Vladimir Putin's top allies said on Wednesday that the sabotage of the Nord Stream offshore gas pipelines resembled the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-backed attacks on oil infrastructure in Nicaragua in 1983.

Reuters

Dual French-Nicaraguan citizens detained after being accused of spreading 'fake news'

Two women with dual French and Nicaraguan citizenship will be tried on charges of conspiring to undermine Nicaragua's national integrity and spreading fake news, according to a court order. This follows Nicaragua's decision to expel the EU ambassador at the weekend.

Radio France Internationale

EU ambassador leaves Nicaragua in week of diplomatic tensions

European Union Ambassador Bettina Muscheidt left Nicaragua on Saturday, just three days after being declared "persona non grata" by the government of President Daniel Ortega, in a week of tensions with the international community.

Reuters

Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands

Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with the Netherlands on Friday, according to a statement published by the Central American country's foreign ministry.

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US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo says decision due to new US ambassador’s ‘interfering’ attitude.

The Conversation

Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from Mother Teresa's order

Many countries around the world are becoming less democratic as leaders in places such as Nicaragua, Mali, Hungary and Bangladesh seek to increase their power and diminish the ability of the courts, legislatures and independent institutions to constrain them.

Reuters

Nicaragua declares EU ambassador to country persona non grata -local media

Nicaragua has declared the European Union's ambassador to the country a "persona non grata" and ordered her expulsion from the country, local media reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

Nicaragua blocks Spanish-language CNN from air amid government crackdown

Nicaragua's government suspended CNN's Spanish-language service from all cable channels in the Central American country, the television station said Thursday.

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Bolsonaro tries red scare tactics in Brazil election by raising spectre of Nicaragua

Brazil’s far-right president claims that leftwing rival Lula will repress clergy like Ortega but so far with little apparent success

The Independent UK

US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August

Reuters

Pope asks Nicaraguan government to let expelled nuns return

Pope Francis asked the Nicaraguan government on Thursday to allow expelled nuns of the order founded by Mother Teresa to return to Nicaragua, saying they were harmless "revolutionaries of the gospel."

Reuters

Exclusive-Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end

As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under a COVID-19 expulsion order that the White House has publicly sought to end, seven U.S. and three Mexican officials said.

The Independent UK

Fleeing Nicaraguans strain Costa Rica's asylum system

Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua’s political crisis exploded in April 2018

Al Jazeera

Russia to launch major military drills with China and others

Vostok 2022 military manoeuvres to be held September 1-7 with forces from China, Syria, India, Nicaragua and elsewhere.

The Independent UK

Cubans flee island's economic woes by air, land and sea

Cubans are fleeing their country in the largest numbers in more than four decades

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